Originally Posted by
Loose rivets
L39 Guy's comprehensive post contained:
I have wondered over these weeks if indeed prior knowledge of the MCAS effectively being inhibited by the autopilot, might have played a role in his hurried attempts. Yes, it would have been desperate action, perhaps born of the vivid Lion Air memory mingled with the feeling of unreality. Imagine just what was going on in his mind. Form the point of view of utter disbelief, it would almost have been better if he'd no prior imagery filling his thoughts. Of course, I'm assuming he knew the autopilot would inhibit MCAS.,
The problem with that line of reasoning is that MCAS doesn’t activate with flaps extended. If the Capt was that concerned about MCAS, all he needed to do was leave any amount of flaps out and deal with the AOA failure/Airspeed Unreliable NNC.